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By Saio Marrah

The Chairman of Sierra Leone Right to Access Information Commission (RIAC) Dr Ibrahim Seaga Shaw, while welcoming the country’s excellent performance in the 2023 Millennium Challenge Cooperation (MCC) score by attaining 98% in Freedom of Information (FOI), said the commission had envisioned such progress.

 A press release from RAIC quoted Shaw as saying “it shows that Sierra Leone has made significant progress in making the transition from a culture of secrecy to one of openness.”

By Saio Marrah

Sierra Leone’s Speaker of Parliament, Dr. Abass Bundu, has said at the regional meeting of the Africa-Middle East Parliamentary Day that the country’s Parliament has actualised most of the eight commitments of National Action Plan 3 (NAP3) of the Open Government Partnership (OGP).

By Ruth Yeabu Sesay

The latest action by the  Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry Of Internal Affairs to lift the temporary suspension on logging and transporting of timber products  has drawn mixed reactions from various sectors.

A timber dealer, Musa Conteh told Politico that he gets his timber from Kono and believes he would no longer have endure what he saw as endless wait with all its pitfalls including attempts of being cheated or exploited. He said he and other timber traders now have the freedom to do their business, unhindered.

By Abass Jalloh

Following the end of testimony of the prosecuting witness, Po;ice Officer Mohamed Jusu, in the matter between the State and the Freetown Mayor, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, the Prosecutor, Yusuf Isaac Sesay, on Friday November 4 stated that they would lead in other witnesses on the 14th November 2022 at which time they would be closing their case.

Mayor Aki Sawyer is before the court to answer to two charges of Obstruction of Police Duty and Disorderly Behaviour.

By Saio Marrah

Residents of Mambo community in the Western Rural District have expressed their dissatisfaction over the sudden increase in the cost of water sold by the Guma Valley Water Company.

The increment in the cost for a bowser of the water supply happened within a week, according to a Mambo resident who asked not to be named.

He told Politico that the community is not connected to the company’s transmission pipe that supplies water to the Capital Freetown, and that they have to buy water transported by the company’s bowsers.

By Politico Staff writer

In a bid to decongest Correctional Centres and expedite trial of criminal cases across the country, the Judiciary of Sierra Leone is to hold its special criminal High Court sessions in places where there are no sitting high court judges.

This is according to a press release from the Communications Unit of the judiciary of Serra Leone.

By Chernor Alimamy Kamara

The Sierra Leone Police (SLP) has dismissed  Constable  Alie Sankoh after a video of the officer emerged on social media showing him to be under what the Police in a statement said was the influence of drugs and alcohol.

 The 4th November,2022, statement from the Police said  the video surfaced on social media on Thursday November 3, 2022,   and that the SLP’s  Management wasted no time but to act swiftly to ascertain not only the veracity of the video, but also the identity of the Police Officer that was portrayed in it.